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Selected Economics Web Sites
- Bureau of
Economic Analysis
The BEA offers enormous amounts of data both in print and online.
See especially the BEA
Data section to find national income and product accounts
(GDP, personal income, etc.), balance of payments accounts,
U.S. direct investment abroad, and foreign direct investment
in the United States, and state personal income data.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics
An excellent site for current data on employment, production,
and consumer information. Nearly all of the printed BLS publications
(and more) can be found, in some form, at the BLS site, and
are often more up-to-date than the printed copies that are housed
in the library.
- Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's Internet site offers a huge collection of
information. Users can browse a lengthy alphabetic list
of subjects for which information can be found at the Census
site, or perform a search.
Additional information can be found at the CenStats
portion of the web site. Among the information available is
County Business Patterns, USA Counties, Annual Survey of Manufacturers,
ZIP Business Patterns, Census Tract Street Locator, Building
Permits, International Trade Information, and Consolidated Federal
Funds Report. CenStats requires a password; contact Government
Documents (1727) or Reference (1368) staff for assistance.
- Consumer
Confidence
This is from the Dismal Scientist web site. Only a few years
are available here. The consumer confidence data originates
with the Conference
Board, which surveys 5000 households each month to establish
the consumer confidence index.
- Compensation
& Working Conditions (L 2.44/2:)
Statistical summaries on salaries, wages and benefits in each
issue, including the employer cost of labor- Employment Cost
Index (ECI) Published quarterly (was monthly).
- County
and City Data Book (Docs CD- C 3.134/2:C83/2/)
Offers stats for every U.S.county, for 1,078 cities, and for
11,097 places with populations over 2,500. Information on labor,
income, and banking can be located in the County and City Data
Book.
- County
Business Patterns (Docs CD- C 3.204:)
Published each year, with a volume for each state. Data reported
includes employment, payrolls, and number of establishments.
- CPI
Detailed Report (L 2.38/3: )
The CPI has two major components: the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Statistical information
can be found for: U.S. city averages, regions (Northeast, North
Central, South, West), selected local areas, and population
size classes. Statistics include: detailed expenditure categories
(transportation, medical care, apparel, housing); seasonally
adjusted expenditure categories (commodity, service groups);
historical information; and average prices (food, energy). Issued
every month.
- Current
Population Reports (C 3.236: )
A series of publications that deal with various aspects of all
or selected groups of the U.S. population. Among the topics
are income and poverty.
- Economic Indicators (Periodicals)
Each month the most consulted statistics are compiled in Economic
Indicators. Data on income, spending, productivity, credit,
security markets, employment, and much more can be found in
this publication. Economic Indicators is also available at GPO
Access.
- Economic
Statistics Briefing Room
Choose among the following areas to link to various government
sites offering current economic information: Output; Income;
Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings; Production and Business
Activity; Prices, Money, Credit, and Securities Markets; Transportation;
and International Statistics. This is a particularly useful
site as it links to information produced across the federal
government.
- Economic
Time Series Page
Compiled by Ted Bos, this sites claims to brings together over
68,000 series of data. Many of the series are available as Excel
files. To locate the data you need, you can check out the most
requested series, look at he data in chart
format, or perform a search,
among other options.
- Employment
and Earnings
Statistical information can be found for households; establishments;
and regional, state, and area labor force. Statistics include
labor force data, average hours, and average earnings.
- Fedstats
An excellent site, Fedstats pulls together statistical data
from over 70 federal agencies- all at one location.
- FDIC
Historical Statistics on Banking 1934-1996 (Ref. HG 2493
.H57)
Includes financial data on commercial banks and saving banks,
as well as information on closed and failed banks.
- FDIC
Statistics on Banking (Ref. HG 2401 .S76)
This annual publication offers structural and financial data
on commercial and savings banks each year.
- FRED-
Federal Reserve Economic Data
The FRED web site is maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis. It offers recent data and publications, as well
as historical tables for daily/weekly U.S. financial data, commercial
banking data, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Indexes,
Producer Price Indexes, employment, population data, exchange
rate and balance of payments, and more.
- The
Finanacial Data Finder
An extensive alphabetic listing of government and non-government
Internet sites. This site is maintained by Ohio State University.
- International
Trade Administration
The ITA web site includes statistical
information relating to trade and industry, as well as much
more information.
- International
Trade Commission
The ITC provides several publications online, including the
Harmonized
Schedule of Tariffs, and the International
Economic Review.
- National
Trade Data Bank
NTDB offers an enormous amount of publications concerning trade
and foreign countries from dozens of federal agencies.
- Producer
Price Indexes
Contains extensive data on price movements at the primary market
level. Statistics are reported by stage of processing (finished
goods, intermediate materials, crude materials), commodity,
and the output of selected industries. Along with statistical
tables, a textual summary of price movements is given each month.
- Regional
Economic Information System 1969-1994
This database offers employment and earnings at the metropolitan
area, county, and state levels.
- Geospatial
and Statistical Data Center
Created by the University of Virginia Library, a number of databases
are available here. Especially useful is the interactive
data section, where you can find the County and City DataBook,
NIPA data, Regional Economic Information System, State Personal
Income, World Tables of Economic and Social Indicators, and
County Business Patterns.
- State
Personal Income 1969-1995
SPI offers detailed information on employment and income at
the state level.
- Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Published each year, this is one of the most consulted government
publications. The Statistical Abstract offers basic data on
thousands of subjects. It is a good place to begin looking for
data, as you can refer to the sources cited by the Statistical
Abstract. The most recent edition is in the Documents Reference
area, all previous editions are shelved in the general stacks
under HA .
- STAT-USA
STAT-USA offers the latest data from the Commerce Department.
The subject matter deals, primarily, with trade, economic news
and statistics, and information regarding business opportunities.
STAT-USA requires a password and can be used in library only.
See the Reference Librarian for assistance.
- Survey
of Current Business
A monthly publication from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Among the information offered are NIPA (National Income & Product
Accounts) tables, personal income data, and statistics on international
transactions.
- Treasury
Bulletin
Published quarterly, The Treasury Bulletin offers articles on
current issues as well as statistics on federal finances and
related information.
- USDA Economic
Research Service
The Economic Research Service offers databases
and periodicals
online. Subject coverage includes credit, agricultural trade,
prices, income, and more.
- U.S.
Foreign Trade Highlights
Offers in-depth information on United States international trade
in goods and services.
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